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Ben Franklin's World

This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who lo

Episodes

Total: 455

148 Betsy Ross

2017/8/22

How did everyday men and women experience life in the colonial America? How did the American Revolut

What about the British Redcoats? When we discuss the military history of the American War for Indepe

What drove George Washington to become a Patriot during the American Revolution? How did he overcome

Mercy Otis Warren wasn’t your typical early American woman. She was a woman with strong political vi

How do you get people living in thirteen different colonies to come together and fight for independe

How did the framers draft the Constitution of 1787? What powers does the Constitution provide the fe

Most histories of American abolitionism begin just before the Civil War, during the Antebellum perio

The Declaration of Independence stands first in a series of documents that founded the United States

Nathaniel Bowditch worked as a navigator, mathematician, astronomer, and business innovator. Over th

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He also played a central role in the European adoption of I

Did you know that Connecticut and Virginia once invaded Pennsylvania? During the 1760s, Connecticut

George Washington was an accomplished man. He served as a delegate to the First and Second Continent

What do the objects we purchase and use say about us? If we take the time to think about the materia

If early Americans desired slaves mostly to produce sugarcane, cotton, rice, indigo, and tobacco, wh

In Colonial America, clergymen stood as thought leaders in their local communities. They stood at th

The institution of African slavery in North America began in late August 1619 and persisted until th

When we explore the history of early America, we often look at people who lived and the events that

The United States has a complicated history when it comes to ideas of empire and imperialism. Since

On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode to Lexington, Massachusetts to spread the alarm that the Regular

How did the colonists of Massachusetts go from public protests meant to shame government officials a